That’s according to Peter Nagy, CEO and Head of development at Gamesfarm, who believes that PS4 Pro games could face development challenges with PlayStation 4 backwards compatibility.

Sony’s new console is a high-end version of PS4 that is capable of outputting improved graphics, HDR support, smoother and more stable framerates, and 4K video streaming.

Sony say that the PS4 Pro will make supported PS4 games look better and run more smoothly, while giving developers “an upgraded toolset to create even richer, more detailed game worlds.”

However, Nagy, who is currently overseeing the development of Vikings: Wolves of Midgard, believes that the fact the PS4 Pro and PlayStation share the same gaming ecosystem could prove its biggest challenge.

“The major problem for us as the developers is that there is going to be line-up of different but still same consoles with mandatory backwards compatibility,” he told Gamingbolt.

“So it only adds more requirements we have to take care of instead of focusing on the development. Tuning the game to a single platform is well possible; but tuning the game to multiple performance wise different platforms is very annoying and requires additional costs without any real gameplay benefits beyond some visual improvements.

Nagy also pointed out the impact of the Xbox One S, the release of Project Scorpio next year and what other issues the PS4 Pro faces.

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“I understand that incoming VR and 4K has different needs but the market may become a bit overpopulated with income of Xbox One S and Project Scorpio,” Nagy added...

“I consider CPU and memory as primary drawbacks for PS4 – we already experienced certain performance issues during Vikings: Wolves of Midgard development… This did not improve a lot with PS4 Pro.”

Sony has confirmed that there will not be any PS4 Pro-exclusive games, due to the new console and the standard PS4 being being fully compatible with all past, present, and future PS4 titles, including PlayStation VR.

All existing PS4 games are fully compatible with PS4 Pro. Developers are able to add PS4 Pro enhancements to previously released PS4 games via a downloadable update if they choose to.